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Place of Birth: Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
About Andrés Cunha
- Andrés Ismael Cunha Soca (born 8 September 1976) is an international football referee from Montevideo, Uruguay.
- He has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2013 and has refereed a number of major matches in Copa Libertadores and Copa América.
- Cunha has also refereed matches in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Korea Republic.
- During international matches, his assistant referees are Nicolás Taran and Mauricio Espinosa.
- At the domestic level, Cunha regularly referees matches in the Uruguayan Primera División.
- Cunha officiated the 2018 FIFA World Cup match between France and Australia on 16 June, where he awarded a penalty kick after consultation with Mauro Vigliano, the video assistant referee.
- The incident marked the first time a penalty had been awarded after consultation with the VAR in a World Cup match.
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